LanguageTool Community
Imprint · Privacy Policy
<< return to list of rules

Rule "every now and then (now and then)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: every now and then (now and then)
Message: Consider an alternative to strengthen your wording.
Category: Redundant Phrases (ID: REDUNDANCY)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/wordiness/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Every now and then the faucet drips.
    Correction suggestion: Sometimes, Occasionally, Sporadically, Now and then
ID: EVERY_NOW_AND_THEN [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-21 22:33:10 +0100)